https://www.avonture.be/fr/series/writing-better-bash-scripts Every post in the “Writing better Bash scripts” series on Christophe Avonture Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed fr https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bats-unit-tests /fr/blog/bats-unit-tests Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Learn how to effectively unit test your Bash scripts on Linux using the powerful bats (Bash Automated Testing System) framework. See practical examples for assertions, output checks, and failures.]]> Christophe bash linux tests https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bash-progression-bar /fr/blog/bash-progression-bar Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Add a visual progression bar to your Bash scripts on Linux. This guide shows you how to easily implement a progress bar to track concurrent jobs, visualize progress, and improve your terminal user interface.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bash-parallel-task /fr/blog/bash-parallel-task Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Optimize your Bash scripts! Learn how to run concurrent jobs and leverage all your CPU cores using process IDs (pids), wait, and nproc to dramatically reduce execution time.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/linux-generate-documentation-from-bash-scripts /fr/blog/linux-generate-documentation-from-bash-scripts Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Learn to auto-generate documentation for your Bash scripts on Linux. This guide provides a custom script to parse function doc blocks and create structured Markdown files automatically.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/linux-sort-functions-in-script /fr/blog/linux-sort-functions-in-script Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Learn how to use diff and sort in Bash to check if functions in your shell scripts are defined in alphabetical order. Includes a script to scan an entire directory.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/linux-compare-two-versions-of-the-same-script /fr/blog/linux-compare-two-versions-of-the-same-script Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Use a simple Linux command-line trick with diff, grep, and awk to compare two versions of the same Bash script. Quickly identify missing or new functions across file versions or entire folders.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bash-console-log-together /fr/blog/bash-console-log-together Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT Tired of silent Bash scripts? Learn the simple, effective method to simultaneously echo command output to the console and write it to a log file line-by-line.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bash-logging /fr/blog/bash-logging Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT Add robust logging features to your Bash scripts with this simple, reusable library. Get automatic log files, timestamps, and full function call traces for easy debugging.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bash-load-env /fr/blog/bash-load-env Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Learn how to load environment variables from a .env file into a Bash script, so you can externalize configuration and reuse variables across other applications like Laravel.]]> Christophe bash linux https://www.avonture.be/fr/fr/blog/bash-ascii-art /fr/blog/bash-ascii-art Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Learn how to add eye-catching ASCII art banners to your Bash scripts for a bigger visual impact. Includes a full sample code implementation.]]> Christophe bash linux